Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Unfilled orders: Current (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally adjusted) - United States - Kansas City Fed - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to recent survey data about manufacturing firms in the Tenth Federal Reserve District, the seasonally adjusted diffusion index for unfilled orders was 8.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in February 2026, versus -11.0 in January 2026.
Sample. This monthly series has 296 records in total. The time range covered by the series stretches from July 2001 to February 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some summary statistics we calculated on the whole sample: the diffusion index attained a maximum of 43.0 in July 2021; it hit a trough of -51.0 in April 2020; it was equal on average to -3.1.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | -5.0 |
| 2026-01-31 | -11.0 |
| 2026-02-28 | 8.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did unfilled orders increase or decrease in the past month? |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Business survey response |
| Data type | Coincident indicator of the business cycle |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Diffusion index (share of respondents reporting an increase minus share reporting a decrease) |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City |
| Source type | Central bank |
| Data licence | Reproduction allowed subject to conditions |
| Other information | FS correspondence: Unfilled orders |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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